Yearly Archives: 2017

Napoli remembered – 10 Years On!

It was a nightmare scenario – the Napoli; a huge container ship heading down the English Channel is severely damaged in a storm and forced to come ashore on Dorset’s famous Jurassic Coast – a World Heritage Coastline. The prospect doesn’t bear thinking about! But that’s exactly what happened on January 20, 2007 in a…

Public to Name a Marine Conservation Zone in Dorset

Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is offering the public a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to name a newly recommended Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) in Dorset, 30km south of Bournemouth, in Dorset. This offshore area is being put forward by Natural England for consideration in Tranche 3 of the MCZ process, which will take place later this year.…